Re: Charles Arthur Gibson
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Re: Charles Arthur Gibson
Ginger Tamilio 11/14/02
Charles Arthur Gibson , father of 22 children , 18 of them surviving , died at his home last Friday after being ill for some time . He was 79 .Nov. 27 1959He was born at Dover , Tenn. Sept . 20 , 1880 , and came to this part of Missouri in 1918 . He resided in Poplar bluff since 1941 . He attended the Church of God . He was married to Margaret Earhart when a young man and to this union seven children were born . On Oct. 23 , 1919 , he was married to Bertie Pry and they were parent of 15 children . On Dec 4, 1954 he married Gwendolyn Adams . Four of the children preceded him in death . He leaves the widow , 18 children : Margaret Gibson , Charles and Homer Gibson of Nashville Tenn.; Mrs. Birdie Ingle of Middletown Ohio ; Mrs. Treva Bogart of Dover , Tenn.; Mrs. Clara Townsend of Clarksville , Tenn.; Mrs. Naomi Arnold Overland , Mo.; Mrs. Mary Bolden of Dowagiac , Mich.; Benjamin Gibson of Ocoee, Fla.; Mrs. Sue Robinson , Harold and Amos Gibson of St. Louis ; Mrs. Ethel Metcalf and James W. Gibson of Winston , Ore.; Mrs. Lillie Mae Donaldson of Eau Clair , Mich.; Robert Gibson and Mrs. Shirley Morris of Winter Garden , Fla.; and Terrel Gibson of Bloomfield .He also leaves 28 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 at the Church of God in Poplar Bluff with the Rev. B. A. Hickerson officiating . Burial was in corning , Ark. , cemetery . Watkins and Sons service .